• Builder: Ralph Bown
• Model: OM
• Hear this guitar played by Al Petteway
  [recorded naturally, close pair, no EQ]
• Year: 2005
• Serial #: 212
• Back/Sides Wood: Fiddle Back Cuban Mahogany
• Top Wood: Figured Sitka Spruce
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Headplate: Snakewood
• Fingerboard: Ebony, bound in Snakewood
• Frets to body: 14
• Cutaway: No
• Bridge: Brazilian Rosewood
• Pickguard: None
• Bindings: Snakewood
• Top Trim: Wood Lines
• Rosette: Herringbone
• Tuners: Gold Waverlys with Snakewood Buttons
• Case: Calton
• Pickup: None
• Condition: New
• Body Length: 19 1/4 in.
• Upper Bout: 11 1/4 in.
• Lower Bout: 15 in.
• Body Depth @Neck Heel: 3 3/8 in.
• Body Depth @Tail Block: 4 1/8 in.
• Scale Length: 25.4 in.
• Nut Width: 1 13/16 in.
• Strings Spacing: 2 1/4 in.
• Comments:“Every Bown I've ever played has been really special. It's amazing to find a builder who consistently pulls more tone from simple wood than seems possible. This beauty is crafted from extremely rare Cuban Mahogany that has a tight fiddle back curl to it. The Sitka top also has lovely figure and Ralph created an understated beauty by using Snakewood treatments throughout. The sound is breathtaking, so clear with superb separation and an underlying warmth and fullness. Nothing is missing, it shows why the OM shape is so highly regarded. Very few Bowns ever reach the states so you may not know of him, but you owe it to yourself to get acquainted.” – Paul H.
  

Snakewood Headplate & Buttons

Gold Waverlys with Snakewood Buttons